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I Just Graduated. Isn’t It Too Early to Talk About Life Insurance? – Life Happens

Savings Corner

Whether you’re continuing your education, entering the workforce or settling down with someone special (or all of the above), life insurance should be part of your plan. Isn’t life insurance for older people?” But being a young adult means you’re entering a new stage of life. You may be thinking, “ But I’m young !

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Which Insurance Policies Should You Absolutely Have?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” The same is true of a car. Most of us can’t just pull out cash for a new car when the old one is totaled. Insurance helps you manage your finances. Renters insurance makes sense for those who wouldn’t be able to replace the items in their apartment or rental home on their own, just paying cash.

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Providing for Your Child’s Future

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Stay with me here – I’m very concerned about my child’s future, especially in these debt-ridden times of financial uncertainty. That got me started thinking about life insurance. Life Insurance as a Guarantee If something were to happen to me, I need to ensure that my child will be taken care of.

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Friday Links – Week Three of Chaos

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There were as always a ton of great reads out this week which I have highlighted below: Good Reads from the Blogosphere: Read how Emily and Kyle have helped their finances by sharing a car at Evolving Personal Finance. KK thinks you can think yourself into financial failure –read more at Student Debt Survivor. PET Archives.

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Create a Personal Escrow Fund | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

Family Balance Sheet

We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Do you go into panic mode when your car insurance bill arrives? Our personal escrow fund includes: home owners insurance – due yearly.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Philip from Deliver Away Debt shares his story: How I Delivered Away My Debt. Life has a tendency to make drastic changes quickly, and if you do not have a plan or idea of how these changes might change your life, you are going to be in very deep trouble. How about you? What do you think? A plan B is a must in any home.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

’ Financial Planning Ashley presents Should I Get Married with Debt? ” Jason presents Why We Didn’t Sell Our Car on Craigslist posted at Work Save Live , saying, “Last week I detailed why we considered buying a car through CarMax, and I wanted to do a follow-up on a service of theirs that we actually used.

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